9 months old

Say whhhaaaaat? Nine months old! Yikes, my babies will be ONE in three short months. This month has been a month of changes. I always get confused when I write the monthly post, because on January 14th they turned 9 months, but everything I am writing is what they did when they were eight months old. Does this confuse anyone else? I need to get past this...Anyways. The boys have turned into little active munchkins and are each becoming very independent. I do most things in alphabetical order, just to have a sense of order and to not play favorites....because there are no favorites...(I get asked, "Which one is your favorite ALL the time.") So I am going to start with Hudson for this post.

Hudson, Huddy, Chubs, Gordito, Princess Hudson (ha!) has the prettiest blue eyes. I hope they stay that color forever, so beautiful in person. He is just so sweet and has the cutest blonde curl on the left side of his head. We have started calling him, Princess Hudson, as a joke because he is the first to complain. He knows what he wants and he will fuss until he is just perfect and all of his special requests are met.

Hudson is also good with his hands. Our little engineer thoroughly inspects everything he picks up. He will take his paci out of his mouth over and over, and he still has no teeth. He will pick up one toy and play contently with it for 30 minutes. He has learned to to wave bye bye, SO precious! He opens and closes his fists and gets so excited!

At eating times he is especially picky. He will spit out his food if the temperature, texture, and taste is not spot on! He is the biggest out of our trio, but he is not the best eater. I think he might just have a slow metabolism! At nap time, he is always the first to fall asleep. He sleeps on his side and looks so big in his bed. He has been rocking on all fours the entire month. Hud started officially crawling on the day he turned 9 months.  The boys interact a lot and now they are starting to take each others toys and pacis, but Hudson's favorite tactic is to pull their hair when they get close! We love our Huddy!

Playing with the big kids on a rainy day

Rub a dub, dub

Chief

Here I come

Hogan, Hog-dog, Hoagie, is our crazy kiddo. I always said he would be our active guy. Well as it turns out he is just that. He crawls (fast), pulls up, reaches up to be held, stands in his crib, dances and loves to jump. He is so active that sometimes he wears himself out......

He bounced himself to sleep

He also keeps mama on in toes. I am usually able to let the trio play in the living room while I prepare meals with no worry. Hogan usually crawls to different toys, but has never really ventured out into the house....well those days are over. He is on the loose, it is time for baby gates..read that hubby? Time to put up those gates! He will hold on to anything and pull up. We lowered his crib this month and removed the fireplace tools from the living room. We did not baby proof our house with Harper, but I think with 3 little guys we would be crazy not to. Hogan also conquered holding his bottle this month. Wow, what a difference that can make at meal times. The others have started this new trick, but he is by far the best at holding it the entire time. Hogan loves to eat, we usually have to cut him off. He is a bottomless pit! He will eat anything and everything I put in front of him. This month we tried a few solids like avocado, banana pieces, and puffs. YUM! Hogan is super ticklish and will always give you the biggest grin if you play with him. He loves attention, but does not seek it out. I guess that is because he loves being mobile.

And last but not least is Hampton, Hampy, Hamp-TON, Hammy-town. This happy little guy has a mouth full of teeth. He has 3 teeth with the 4th on its' way in. He is our talker, he can babble and squeal all day long. He doesn't move, but he is going to be a ladies man with all the things he has to say.  Hampton LOVES to be snuggled. If I leave the room, he cries, no one else cares but sweet Hampton. He watches my every move and wants all my attention when I am around. A true mama's boy. He likes toys, but he would prefer to watch Praise baby or be in someones lap.  One of his favorite past times is jumping in the jumperoo, but only if mama is in sight. He giggles as he bounces up and down vigorously! Hampton is our spitty guy although he has gotten much better now that he is eating solids. While the others were still sleeping one afternoon I gave Hampton a whole banana. I thought it would feel good on his gums. I had no idea that he would eat the ENTIRE banana in about 10 minutes! And I really did not expect him to be able to finish a bottle after that. Well I was wrong, a whole banana and 8 ounces of milk. Yikes! He doesn't spend too much time on his tummy because he usually spits up. Hopefully he will start crawling this month...and stop being spitty with the introduction to solids.

Happy 9 months sweet guys.

Stats:
Hampton-
   weight- 20lbs 10.5 oz
   height- 27 in
   head- 18.25 in

Hogan-
   weight-21lbs 4 oz
   height- 27.25 in
   head- 18 in

Hudson-
  weight- 22lbs 2 oz
  height- 28 in
  head- 18 in